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' F. B. GRISWOLD.

ADJUSTABLE BALE TIE.

No. 345,841. Patented July 20, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK B. GRISWOLD, OF TRQY, NEXV YORK.

ADJUSTABLE BALE-TIE.

$PECIE'iCATION forming part of Letters Patent N0.3l5,8%1, dated July 20,1886.

Application filed August 18, 1885. Serial No. 174,6fl7. (No model.)

to connect at their ends by an adjustable length of girth; andmyinvention consists (as will be more fully detailed hereinafter inconnection with its illustrations) in the combination, with aloop madeupon one end of the tie-wire, of

a forked end made upon the other extremity,

with the forked end adapted to be passed througl-i the loop and thendrawn back to secure the proper girth-tension, with the ends protrudingbeyond the loop wound around that part of the forked end which is backof where passed through the loop. To produce this forked end upon thatextremity of the tiewire which is opposite to that on which the loop ismade, an additional piece of wire is intwisted with the tie-wire atashort distance back from the end, so as to firmly connect the two, andto leave the outer ends where beyond the intwist free, or, if desired,on the extreme end of the tie-wire that is opposite to that on which theloop is made. Two short pieces of wire are iutwisted with the end of thetie-wire thereat, so as to firmly connect the three wires with the endsof the two added pieces of wire where projecting beyond their intwistfree, and so that they can be utilized in the same manner as beforedescribed, where the forked end was produced by intwisting a singlepiece within the body of the tie-wire a short dis tance from its end.

Accompanying this specification to form a part of it there is a sheet ofdrawings COl1ttlll ing six figures illustrating my invention, with thesame designation of parts by letter reference used in all of them.

Of these illustrations, Figure 1 shows the fork formed upon one end ofthe tie-wire by means of a piece of wire intwistcd with the body of thelatter a short distance from that one of its ends which is opposite tothat on which the loop is formed. Fig. 2shows a top View of theconnected tie, the forked end bcing illustrated as having been passedthrough the loop'upon the other end drawn through the loop with the endsof the fork wound around the intwist which united the two wires to formthe fork. made in the same manner as shown at Fig. 1, but with theforked ends oppositely twisted around the intwist which connected themto produce the fork. Fig. 4 illustrates a side elevation of the tie asit is connected at Fig. 2. Fig. 5 illustrates a modification by whichthe forked end is produced by intwisting with the end of the tie-wirethat is opposite to the one on which a loop is formed two short piecesof wire. Fig. 6 illustrates the tie ends shown at Fig. 5 as connected,the forked ends having been passed through the loop at one end,thendrawn back to have the requisite girtlrtension, with the ends of thefork wound around the intwist.

The several parts of the bale-tie thus illustrated are designated byletter reference, and the function of the parts is described as follows:

The letter T indicates the body of the tiewire, L a loop that is formedon one end of it, and F a fork on the other extremity of it. This forkedend is shown as produced by intwist ing with the tie-body at b, and at ashort distanee from the end 0, which is opposite to that on which theloop is placed, a short piece of wire, 10, and from where thus intwistedsaid short piece of wire and the adjacent end of the tiewirc arecontinued outwardly to form the fork F, as shown at Figs. 1 and 2. Thisfork is also shown as produced by intwisting with the end e of thetie-wire which is opposite to that on which the loop is formed the twoshort pieces of wire w w, as indicated at Figs. 5 and G, at Fig. 5 theforked end being shown as made for attachment, and at Fig. 6 shown asconnected in the same manner as indicated at Figs. 2 and 4.

By the use ofeither modification the forked end and the loop connect inthe same manner by being passed through the loop L, and drawn thereinuntil the requisite girth'tension is pro duced, when the ends of thefork are drawn down and wound around the intwist, or that part oftheformed ends which are back of where passed through the loop L. Bythus Fig. 3 illustrates the parts M ICC) using short pieces of wire toform the adjustable parts of the bale-tie, additional strength is givento the parts thereat, and scraps can be worked into use that wouldotherwise be 5 wasted. Not only these advantages are had by the use ofmy invention, but lighter wire can be used for the added pieces, whichwill be easier to connect.

I disclaim herein a wire bale-tic having an 10 eye in one of its endsmade by doubling the wire at its eye end back on itself and thentwisting the doubled-back portion back on itself and the body wirethereat to produce an eye, as such a method of forming the eye could I 5not be employed to produce the forked and se curing end F, asdistinguished from the eye end of the bale-tie,the forked end of myimproved tie permitting the use of intwistcd scrap pieces to utilizethem, which could not be done in the 20 older form of bale-tiedisclaimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

The wire baletie fastening herein described, consisting of aprojectingend of the main wire, 2 5 a separate piece of wire twisted in the mainwire back of the loop with a projecting portion of the length of theprojecting end of the main wire, and the free end portions of the mainwire and the attached piece bent over 0 in loop form and secured aroundthe twisted portion of said parts.

Signed at Troy, New York, this 12th day of May, 1885, and in thepresence of the two wit nesses; whose names were by them hereto 3 5written.

FRANK B. GRISYVOLD.

Vitnesses:

Gno. M. PAYFER, Gno. A. DARBY.

